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Next Event:
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
You are invited to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Join us for the Vancouver Debut of the film:
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
7:30 pm (sharp)
SFU Harbour Centre
Labatt Hall
515 West Hastings, Vanc.
Admission by donation
A new documentary film revealing the true story behind Israel’s “Canada Park”: A story of destruction and Palestinian dispossession.
Guest Speaker – Dr. Ismail Zayid
Dr. Zayid is a 1948 El Nakba survivor and also a displaced resident of Beit Nouba, one of the villages destroyed to create “Canada Park”. Dr. Zayid will speak on “Canadian Complicity in Israeli War Crimes”.
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Previous Events:
Mahmoud Darwish
Memorial - Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr., Vancouver
For more info, CLICK HERE.
Also in the News:
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15 AUGUST, 2008
Hamas says ice begins to melt with Jordan (Source: Reuters)
Officials from Hamas have met with a top Jordanian security official to try to patch up ties soured since 2006 by charges that the Islamist Palestinian groups was planning to carry out attacks in Jordan.
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14 AUGUST, 2008
The Poetry of Loss (Source: Guardian)
Mahmoud Darwish, who died last week, should have been honoured as a national poet of both Palestinians and Israelis.
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12 AUGUST, 2008
Israel 'proposes West Bank Deal' (Source: BBC)
Israel has offered a peace deal to the Palestinians which would annex 7.3% of the West Bank and keep the largest settlements, Israeli reports say.
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Israel shuts Gaza crossings but lets in cash (Source: Reuters)
Israel closed border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to a cross-border rocket attack, but Palestinian officials said banks were able to bring in 68 million shekels ($19 million) to ease a cash shortage.
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Canada Votes - Consider what political parties have done in the past before voting.
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Been There And Done What? Canada's Role In The Israel-Palestine Conflict - By Bahija Réghaï
(Countercurrents.org)
During his state visit to Canada , Israeli President Chaim Herzog was invited to address the Canadian parliament on June 27, 1989. He was introduced by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney with these words:
“Canada played a part in that process by participating in the United Nations Commission that proposed the partition of Palestine, by voting for Israel's membership in the UN and by contributing to the Middle East peace-keeping forces in the hope of stabilizing the region and of bringing peace to your country. Most of all, in the daring and difficult period of Israel's infancy, when your nation needed friends - true friends – Canada was there. Canada was there over 40 years ago and our friendship and support remain with you today. (read more)
Letter to the BC Liquor Store
"'The land of Israel has been producing wines for 5,000 years", said Norman Gladstone, Principal of International Cellars Inc... (read more)
Letter to the Georgia Straight
It might interest your readers to know that the "new-generation Israeli wines" that Jurgen Gothe was promoting (Feb. 14/08) are literally fruit from the vines of Israeli occupation. We recently sent a letter to the BC Liquor Distribution Branch... (read more)
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